Survive To Thrive Application - Open Cohort - English

Please complete this application form in full to apply for AMI's Survive to Thrive programme.

AMI's Survive to Thrive programme has been designed for established businesses who are looking to survive and thrive - the information you provide in this survey will be used to evaluate your business' eligibility for the programme.

1.Our Privacy Policy explains how AMI uses and handles the data that you share with us - you can review this here. Please know that AMI follows rigorous processes to protect and store your data securely. If you have any questions, please reach out to us via email at info@africanmanagers.org .(Required.)

I understand and accept the terms of AMI's Privacy Policy and choose to continue with this survey

2.Please provide the following details:(Required.)

Your first name:

Your last name (surname):

The name of your business:

Your email address:

3.Please select your country code followed by your cellphone number with no spaces:(Required.)

Cellphone number eg. 721234567

4.What is your gender?(Required.)

Female

Male

Prefer not to say

5.What city/town is your business based in?(Required.)

6.Is your business registered? (Please note that your business does not need to be registered to participate in this programme.)(Required.)

Yes

No

If yes, when did you register your business?
Eg. 2007

7.In 1-2 sentences, please describe what your business does:(Required.)

8.Is your business in the Hospitality and Tourism Sector?(Required.)

Yes

No

Other (please specify)

11.How many paid employees* work for your business? (*Please include yourself in this number)(Required.)

12.Which trajectory best describes where your business is at?(Required.)

On the shelf – we’ve completely shut down and are not trading at all

Hibernating – we’ve temporarily ceased operations until the lockdown is lifted

Hanging on – we’re operating on a reduced basis (taking in any business we can get)

Recovering – we’ve been severely affected by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic but managed to hang on and are recovering

Unchanged – we’re operating as usual (revenue/cost level has not decreased by more than 30%)

Same business growing – there’s a greater demand for our products/services (revenue has grown by more than 30%)

New business growing – we were severely impacted by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic but were able to switch quickly to other products/services that are in demand

13.What are you most concerned about when you think about your business right now?(Required.)

14.Given everything that is happening around the Covid-19 pandemic, what is one specific outcome you hope to achieve for your business from this programme? Please select one from the list below.(Required.)

Grow revenue

Reduce costs / cost management

Keep better records of my business' financial performance

Improve and adapt marketing and sales

Review business strategy and planning

Streamline operations

Manage my people better

Financial forecasting for my business

Other (please specify)

15.Accessing online resources and tools is a core part of this programme. Do you have access to the Internet?(Required.)

Yes, I do

No, I don't but could arrange to use a friend's/family member's computer

No, I don't and will not be able to access the online content

16.What language would you like to take the programme in? (Required.)

English

Kinyarwanda

17.Please tick each box below to confirm that you are aware of the programme requirements.

If selected for this programme, as the business owner, you would be required to:(Required.)

a) Work seriously on ensuring your business survives and thrives during the full 12 months of the programme

b) Participate in six 90-minute virtual sessions

c) Track your business’ growth by recording financial figures every month and submitting this to AMI every month of the programme

d) Track your business' annual growth by recording and sharing your business' annual performance data with AMI at the beginning of the programme, and for 3 years after the programme

e) Get online and access AMI's online resources, tools and courses

18.OPTIONAL: Please provide the full name, contact details and role of the colleague who would participate in the Survive to Thrive programme with you.

Their name

Their email address

Their contact number

Their role in the business

If you have any questions, please contact AMI by emailing us at rwanda@africanmanagers.org .

Survive To Thrive Application - Open Cohort - English - H.A.